Alan McDougall wrote on Jan 5th, 2009 at 2:11am:But Justin,
People in general are much more materialistic and less spiritual today than when I was a child, romping around in fun like Huckleberry Fin, and Tom Sawyer,
We really lived like that , without having to lock doors, etc we were much much more free than we are now.
And this applies to America as well but of course to a much lesser degree than South Africa
Alan
I'm not so sure about that Alan. What i perceive is that things are more extreme, and because of that, there is more contrast between these.
There are signs here and there, that more and more people are starting to wake up, and that a less dogmatic, more sincere, more intuitional and experience based, loving kind of spirituality is arising and becoming more prevalent in the world.
Take this site with its many members for example. 30 years ago, would there have been such numbers of such like minded folks, or a similar percentage? I doubt it.
What i see is this, the error is getting more erronenous and the Light in the lighted is getting brighter. There are those who are very, very dark and more and more very bright Lights.
I especially see this in my country America, i see a great extremism and a sometimes silent, and sometimes violent struggle between those who serve the little self/mammon, and those who serve the good of the greater Whole.
Also, notice how we hear so much more about corruption in this or that sector, this company, that government, this state, etc....
Is this because things are getting more corrupt, or rather that there is a brighter Light shining on such activities, which is pointing out the glaring dark for more to see, sense and perceive. That more people care....
Corruption and materialism has been with us for a long time, and for a very long time it was just something that most of the "common people" and the majority just accepted. Nowadays, more and more people are saying to themselves and to others, "whoa, wait a minute, this isn't right and shouldn't be allowed to go on."
Now, there is still a great apathy, but it seems more people are disagreeing with the current paradigms everday.
Things will continue to become more extreme in nature. Challenges will get become more numerous, frequent, and intense. There will be many changes, on many levels, including even geologically and climate wise. These are as adjustments, just as when someone whose back is totally out of whack from years of misuse, finally goes to a Chiropractor and has it adjusted.
It is much like a pregnancy, and there will be birth pangs involved. But those who are truly attuning to what's real, will largely rise above these, though they too may be personally challenged here and there. I know i will be. I sense times of physical hunger and scarcity of basic necessities coming. But am i scared? No, not at all. I will get through it if i'm meant too, and if i die so what?
I came for these times and am excited to be part of it all. The last 50 years, and the next 50 years have been and will be a cycle of great change, and ultimately great spiritual transformation. This will eventually peak in about a thousand years or so from present, wherein truly humanity will be collectively enlightened.